The NGO Committee for the Freedom of Political Prisoners confirmed this Saturday that the regime of Nicolas Maduro set others free 60 innocent civiliansimprisoned after the electoral fraud of July 28.
The organization, which monitors the situation in Venezuelan prisons, reported that the releases occurred during the last two days and included 37 inmates of the prison Stump, 13 of Tocuyito y 10 of The Chrysalises.
Based on some comments from the relatives of these people, the Committee reported that in the case of the two maximum security prisons, “official vehicles and ambulances are being used to secretly remove political prisoners, mainly at night” y They are left “in terminals, with only what they are wearing.”
“They should call their loved ones to help them return to their cities of residence”he added in a writing.
Likewise, these people are released in a climate of threats and pressureboth towards them and towards their loved ones, so they look prevented from sharing videos, giving statements to the press and narrating what they experienced inside the prisons.
This “government opacity policy” Not only does it prevent access to “timely, relevant, verifiable, quality and free information from State institutions,” but it also presents “difficulties in documenting the number of releases carried out,” the Committee warned.
According to the Chavista Prosecutor’s Office, so far some 733 personas who had been detained during the second half of the year for having expressed their discontent with the electoral fraud of Maduro or for having some connection with the opponents Maria Corina Machado, Edmundo González Urrutia or his party, the Democratic Unitary Platform (PUD).
The process began in mid-November, when Chavismo ordered the review of these cases and could continue for a while longer, given that the day before the Public Ministry reported that other cases would be considered. 200 causes.
The journalist Ana Carolina Guaita She was one of the last to benefit from this order from the regime, and was released in the last few hours. The digital media reporter The Patilla She had been arrested on August 2 on charges of terrorism, incitement to hate y obstruction of public roads.
The National College of Journalists celebrated her release but warned that “she should never have been detained” because “she did not commit any crime.” Also, he took the opportunity to remember that in Venezuela there are still 11 journalists detained for doing their job and reporting, even if it concerns issues that do not favor Chavismo.
Despite this news, the Committee warned that there are “serious doubts with the official figure” of releases and that it would not be “the first time that lies have been lied about the number of those released.”
Likewise, several organizations in the country denounced that, despite the fact that Maduro orders the release of civilians, he continues with the persecution y arrest of other dissidentsas was the case of four members of Vente Venezuela, the former councilor of Caracas Jesús Armas, the activist Luis Palocz, the peasant leader Carlos Azuaje and the mayor of Cabimas, Nabil Maalouf.
(With information from EFE and Europa Press)
